This was reported by Echo of Moscow. Recently, not only money has flowed from Russia - an unprecedentedly large amount of capital has “emigrated” from our country this year. According to UN data, Russia ranked first in the world in terms of the number of refugees in 2004. Most of the more than 30 thousand Russian refugees last year are Chechens. But they are not the only ones.

As the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported, the cadet hanged himself while on duty on Easter night. This is another victim of the suicide epidemic that has befallen the Russian army. A week ago, in the Chelyabinsk region, a conscript soldier committed suicide after leaving his unit without permission. On April 20, four soldiers hanged themselves in the Saratov region. But there is no reason to worry.

Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang party leader Lien Chan said peace with China "is within reach." According to Zhang, this is the first time the Chinese government has responded positively to the proposal to sign a peace treaty, AFP reports. It is true that it is hard to believe that the last conflict of the Cold War era is close to ending. Quite recently, Beijing legislatively approved the possibility of a forceful solution to the Taiwan issue.

The son of Russian banker Alexander Smolensky, Nikolai, has officially announced his desire to acquire the bankrupt MG Rover company. The British press reports this. The second contender of Russian origin is called Ruspromavto, part of the Basic Element holding. Russian newspapers are already writing about this. Ruspromavto owns some Russian car factories. If he gets the Rover, what will be the result - Volgas that look like Rover or vice versa, Rovers with deer on the hood?